Thermal Radiation 05 : (1) The heat and light produced by a nuclear explosion. (2) Electromagnetic radiations emitted from a heat or light source as a consequence of its temperature. (Approved for incorporation into to JP 1-02.)
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Defense Technical Information Center, Joint Publication 3-41, Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Consequence Management, VA, USA 2012. http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/new_pubs/jp3_41.pdf, (CBRN - Amer) {975}